Friday, February 2, 2018

Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma, (aka "Black Wall Street"), home to many
prominent black businessmen and location of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot of
Whites against Blacks, "one of the most devastating massacres in the
history of US race relations"

WASHINGTON — Soon U.S. service members deploying to South Korea may not be allowed to bring their families with them.

Top Pentagon officials are considering changing the policy that allows service men and women to deploy on accompanied tours to the Korean Peninsula,
according to three U.S. defense officials. An accompanied tour is when a
service member's family can accompany them, traveling at the military's
expense.

In a statement, the Pentagon said that no
change in policy is imminent. “The U.S. Department of Defense currently
has no plans in place to modify the policy authorizing U.S. military
dependents to to accompany service members on orders to, or currently
stationed in, the Republic of Korea,” said a Pentagon spokesman, Col.
Rob Manning.

One rainy night last
November, hundreds of professionals gathered at a bar in Chelsea that
hadn’t seen much action in years. The prestigious Consensus Conference was
the following day, and every square inch of the place was filled with
people drinking, laughing, swapping cards and networking. These were men
and women of every age and ethnic group imaginable, and if it hadn’t
been for the heavy drinking (and flirting) one might think it was a
church group meeting for all the diversity present. And in a way, it
was, because they were all there to congregate passionately on one
subject and one subject only: Bitcoin.

Those who don’t think
Bitcoin is a religion should attend one of the hundreds of meetups that
happen seven days a week all over New York City. Here you’ll find
evangelists and doubters discourse passionately about the merits of
Bitcoin, Ethereum, the Blockchain and altcoins.

Meetup.com has over
4,300 crypto groups and over 1 million members worldwide. In New York
City alone there are over 30 cryptocurrency groups, and some have as
many as 7,000 active members. Groups vary in interest from general
cryptocurrency to more focused subjects like FinTech, Ethereum,
women-only groups, and groups for N00Bs (newbies), BitDev groups, and
groups for investing.

ALBANY — The flu epidemic in New York has gotten even worse over the past week, Gov. Cuomo said Thursday.Over the past week, 11,683 confirmed influenza cases were reported to
the state Department of Health, with 2,221 New Yorkers hospitalized with
the illness.

The
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance today announced the
addition of new checklists to help taxpayers ensure they have acceptable
proof for credits, income, deductions, and expenses claimed. The
checklists, found on the Tax Department’s website www.tax.ny.gov (search: recordkeeping), cover: business loss; child and dependent care expenses; child and dependent relationship; college tuition expenses; itemized deductions; rental loss; self-employment income; taxi, limousine, or self-employed driver income and expenses; and wages and withholding.

“The checklists serve a dual purpose,” said Acting Commissioner Nonie
Manion. “They describe records taxpayers should keep to prove
eligibility for the credits they’re claiming, and also what they must
send to us if we request information to support their claims.”

There
were 147 incidents of white supremacist flyers, banners, posters or
stickers found on college campuses during the 2017 fall semester, the
report states, compared to 41 such incidents in the fall semester of
2016.

The
ADL counted a total of 346 incidents of hate propaganda that had been
spread on 216 college campuses in 44 states and Washington, D.C., since
September 2016.

“White
supremacists are targeting college campuses like never before,”
Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the organization, said in a statement.
“They see campuses as a fertile recruiting ground, as evident by the
unprecedented volume of propagandist activity designed to recruit young
people to support their vile ideology.”

The propaganda delivered “a range of messages,” according to the report. Click here for the full article.Source: The Huffington Post

The newspaper’s managing editor fostered a culture of fear and silence, current and former staffers said.

By Maxwell Strachan and Andy Campbell

The
New York Daily News’ parent company has let go of the top editors at
the newspaper following investigations last month into harassment
allegations made against them by current and former employees, Tronc
confirmed to HuffPost on Thursday.

“I can confirm that both are no longer with the company,” said a spokesperson for the company.

The legislation, which has six Democratic co-sponsors, is in part a
rebuke to the Trump administration for seeking to shift the mission of
the Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office from being a watchdog
agency tasked with studying auto insurance pricing into an industry
booster.

The bill calls for the office to collect ZIP-code level claims
data from insurers across the nation, and use the information to study
whether higher prices in minority neighborhoods are justified by the
risk of bigger payouts in those areas.

“The lack of transparency in the auto insurance market makes it
impossible to understand and address potential racial disparities,”
Takano said in a press release announcing the bill. “This legislation is
an important step to determining whether minority drivers are being
unjustly overcharged for insurance premiums because of reasons unrelated
to risk. Given that auto insurance is a requirement for drivers, and
that driving is a necessity for many Americans, there is a strong public
interest in studying and addressing discrimination in the auto
insurance market.”

The insurance industry responded that there is no need for a federal
study. “This [legislation] is a solution in search of a problem,” said
David Snyder, a vice president at the Property Casualty Insurers
Association of America. “There is no need for this duplicative and
costly layer of federal involvement. For more than 150 years, the states
have been effective in regulating insurers to protect consumers, foster
competitive insurance markets and prevent unfair discrimination.”

Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced $37.7
million in funding as part of the "Get Screened, No Excuses" initiative
to improve access to breast cancer screening for New Yorkers. Funds are
being used to support peer educators in community settings, make patient
navigators available to help women as they undergo screening and other
necessary follow-up care, and operate mobile mammography vans in
underserved neighborhoods to bring health services to New Yorkers.

"This
administration continues the most aggressive action in the nation to
break down any barriers to breast cancer screening because early
detection is the best possible treatment," Governor Cuomo said. "By
providing information on the importance of mammograms and expanding
access to cutting-edge screening options, these programs will address
the needs of thousands of New Yorkers and help establish healthier,
stronger communities in every corner of this great state."

"Building
off of New York State's successful Get Screened, No Excuses campaign to
promote breast cancer screenings statewide, we are continuing to double
down on our efforts and invest in healthcare and education programs
that increasingly expand access to these potentially life-saving
services," Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul said. "We know mammograms and cancer screenings must be available for all New Yorkers. That's how we'll continue to save lives."

Launched
in October 2016, 10 peer education programs work within community
settings to educate women about the importance of regular breast cancer
screening, offer referrals to screening, and provide information to men
about prostate cancer. Thirty-three patient navigation programs, which
also launched in 2016 and are located within many of New York's
nationally accredited breast centers, help women navigate the healthcare
system to complete screening and provide any needed follow-up. Funding
is also supporting the purchase of six new mobile mammography vans that
will begin offering breast cancer screenings in 2018 to make it easier
for women to get to these services. The funding will enable contractors
to form community partnerships across several counties to promote and
conduct local breast cancer screening events.

Governor
Andrew Cuomo today launched the Campaign to Restore Fairness in New
York's Criminal Justice System. The campaign advances the Governor's
five-pronged reform package to overhaul the State's criminal justice
system. This comprehensive package—the most progressive set of reforms
in the nation—will guarantee fairness for the accused by reshaping New
York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial,
improving the disclosure of evidence in the discovery process,
transforming asset forfeiture procedures and implementing new
initiatives to help individuals transition from incarceration to their
communities.

"For
too long, our antiquated criminal justice system has created a
two-tiered system where outcomes depend purely on economic status -
undermining the bedrock principle that one is innocent until proven
guilty," Governor Cuomo said. "This sweeping overhaul will transform our
criminal justice system by removing critical barriers, reaffirming our
beliefs in fairness, opportunity and dignity, and continue our historic
progress toward a more equal society for all."

The
Governor's legislation will: eliminate monetary bail for people facing
misdemeanor and non-violent felony charges; expand the discovery process
to include disclosure of information in a timely manner including
evidence and information favorable to the defense; intended exhibits;
expert opinion evidence; witnesses' criminal history information; and
search warrant information; reduce
unnecessary delays and adjournments in court proceedings, requiring
that people held in custody - not just their attorneys - consent to a
speedy trial waiver that must be approved by a judge and ensure that
defendants are not being held unnecessarily when the prosecution fails
to meet deadlines; limit asset forfeiture proceedings to cases in which a
conviction is obtained and enhance reporting requirements for local law
enforcement and District Attorneys; and improve the re-entry process
for individuals transitioning from incarceration to their communities
and reduce unnecessary barriers to financial stability after release.

Learn more and support Governor Cuomo's criminal justice package here.

We’re thrilled to announce the participants in the 2018 Women’s Leadership Accelerator, a yearlong intensive program for women innovating in digital journalism. This year, we welcome 25 women representing a range of backgrounds, expertise and newsrooms around the globe that are leading digital innovation.

The 2018 class includes:

Jeanette Ageson, Chief Revenue Officer, The Tyee

Liz Bloom, Pittsburgh Pirates Reporter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Federica Cherubini, Head of Knowledge Sharing, Condé Nast International

The Women’s Leadership Accelerator kicks off with a week of tailored, intensive training, Feb. 25–March 2, at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. In addition to exploring strategies for navigating their leadership path, women in the Accelerator will also work closely with mentors on challenges unique to their careers. The program culminates in a workshop at ONA’s annual conference (ONA18) in Austin, Texas.

Industry leaders who will speak this year include Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW; Cory Haik, Publisher, Mic.com; Charo Henríquez-Scaia, Senior Editor of Digital Storytelling and Training, The New York Times; Amanda Hess, Critic, The New York Times; and Shazna Nessa, Global Head of Visuals and Deputy Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal. More speakers and mentors will be announced in the coming weeks.

In 2018, we’re expanding what we offer through the Women’s Leadership Accelerator to reach women outside the intensive program. We’ll bring lessons from the Accelerator to ONA Local meetups, ONA’s annual conference and partnering with other organizations to reach even more women.

The Women’s Leadership Accelerator training is tuition-free thanks to the generous support of our lead funder, the Dow Jones Foundation, and supporting funders Fusion Media Group, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, WordPress.com VIP and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau. ONA also is grateful to the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, our host for the Accelerator program.

If you’re interested in partnerships to support the program, please contact Jessica Strelitz at jessica@journalists.org.

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

President
Trump’s speech last night was a hollow, anti-immigrant appeal to his
base that did nothing to unify the country after his first year in
office. Instead of taking the opportunity to denounce
increases in hate crimes and acts of white supremacy across the
country, President Trump remained silent. Instead of encouraging the
countless qualified DREAMers and DACA recipients looking to participate
in the American dream that they too have a future,
President Trump referenced gang violence, chain migration and
anti-immigrant language, saying “Americans are dreamers too.”

This
speech simply followed Trumps model—one he used frequently as a real
estate mogul -- of exaggerating and overselling to hoodwink the public,
without any evidence or any ounce of fact.
As I said before, Trump is not promoting a “dream,” but pitching a
“scheme.”

Try
as he might, the President cannot hide the reality that his
administration has breathed new life into the war on drugs, encouraged
voter suppression, and turned
back the clock on criminal justice reform, pursuing an anti-civil
rights agenda that only divides our country more. The National Action
Network will continue its mission to ensure equal justice for all
Americans regardless of race, religion, nationality or
gender, with or without the support of the President. We will resist
this administration at every turn.

Washington, D.C. – On January 30, 2018, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus and senior member of the Defense Appropriations Committee, and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, released the following joint statement regarding news that the Trump Administration would not implement strong sanctions called for by Congress’ strong bipartisan passage of sanctions legislation last year.

“We are deeply disappointed with the Administration’s decision to forgo sanctions on more Russian oligarchs and Putin courtiers, particularly those who threaten liberty’s most cherished freedoms, democratic institutions and security, both public and private. The Administration claims that the mere threat of sanctions acts as a deterrent. We disagree.

“It is clear that Russian aggression continues across Europe, and senior members of the U.S. intelligence and defense community have stated repeatedly there has been no significant diminishing of Russian attempts to sow division around the world, and use cyber weapons to damage our nation’s institutions.

“Words alone are not enough. We urge our colleagues in Congress to recommit in holding Russia accountable and call on the Administration to sanction the Russian oligarchs.”

Many lawmakers wore black in solidarity with the #MeToo movement to
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night and
some congressional members also adorned their clothes with pins in
honor of Recy Taylor.

Members
of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Democratic Caucus wore red
"Recy" pins, and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., who organized the tribute,
told NBCBLK in an email Tuesday evening that Taylor’s story “represents
that of many marginalized women who have spoken up, spoken out and have
long been ignored.”

“The transformative movement that’s happening
in this country around sexual misconduct must include amplifying the
voices of victims that we, in some cases, chose not to hear,” Watson
Coleman said. “Beyond her terrifying experience, Ms. Taylor, herself, is
a representation of the many communities this Administration has chosen
to leave behind.”

WASHINGTON — The mayor of San Juan on Tuesday
denounced the U.S. government’s plan to end emergency food and water aid
to Puerto Rico, saying she had just sent powdered milk to a school that
was still without power and struggling to find the necessary supplies
for its students.

“Yesterday, I had to help — because it is a
moral imperative to help — a school about 45 minutes from San Juan that
still has no water, no electricity and no milk for their children,” the
mayor, Carmen Yulín Cruz, said at the Latino Victory Summit, a gathering of Latino leaders and activists that seeks to boost the number of Hispanics in elected office.

Chelsea Manning made national headlines this month when she announced she would run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland.
But attracting far less attention is a growing cohort of LGBTQ
candidates who are seeking local, state and national office this year.

“The 2018 election cycle is shaping up to be a historic one for our
community — with more openly LGBTQ people running for office in more
places,” Annise Parker, CEO of the Victory Fund, an LGBTQ political
action committee, told NBC News. “We have the opportunity to
dramatically increase LGBTQ representation in local governments, state
legislatures and the U.S. Congress.”

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

The following statement was submitted by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), a non-profit,
non-partisan community-based organization that has represented the
interests of Ukrainians in the United States since 1940.

New York (UCCA) – Following the United States’ second missed deadline
for enacting additional sanctions against Putin’s Russia as stipulated
by the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), a State Department spokesperson explained
that the United States has decided that additional sanctions on
specific entities or individuals, in the view of this administration, do
“not need to be imposed because the legislation is, in fact, serving as
a deterrent." In the view of the current administration, this
legislation, in and of itself and without further action, exists “to
press Russia to address our concerns related to its aggression in
Ukraine, interference in other nations’ domestic affairs and abuses of
human rights."

The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA),
the largest grassroots representation of Americans of Ukrainian
descent, is outraged by the weak actions of yet another presidential
administration unwilling to act upon the tools given to them by
Congress. CAATSA was passed by both Houses of Congress by an
overwhelming and veto-proof majority – 98-2 in the Senate and 419-3 in
the House – conveying the strong, bipartisan support for Ukraine in the
United States. UCCA welcomed the news of this law’s signing, having
repeatedly called upon supporters of Ukraine in this country to contact
their elected Representatives to pass this critical legislation
necessary to support Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

When President Trump signed CAATSA into law, his
signing statement signaled that he was not necessarily bound by the
letter of the law. With respect, refusing to punish Putin’s Russia is
not an example of a “strong America” policy, nor a deterrent the
Kremlin's most-recent illegal actions and subversive methods. UCCA
calls upon President Trump to openly denounce Russia's attacks on
American democracy, our NATO partners, as well as Russia’s invasion and
illegal occupation of America’s strategic ally, Ukraine. Ukraine and
other countries bordering Russia do not have the liberty of standing by
while America remains indecisive. Additional sanctions, as authorized
initially in 2014, and all other means of punishment against Putin’s
criminal regime must be aggressively implemented, before a contentious
2018 election season renders our government paralyzed again.

State Senator James Sanders Jr. (D-Rochdale Village, Far Rockaway) today joined members of the Democratic Conference for a press conference in Albany to announce a legislative package that aims to combat corruption and restore faith in government.

Senator Sanders' bill (S.4111) will require corporations to have a majority of their shareholders authorize any political spending.

“Far too much money flows freely into our electoral process, much of which is due to unchecked, and often unaccountable, corporate giving. Under those conditions, I have authored a bill that may shine a light on this activity," Sanders said. "It would require corporate donations to be approved by shareholders. My Senate Democratic colleagues and I want to clean up state government and restore the voters’ confidence, and my legislation will help achieve that goal. This should not be a controversial or partisan issue, and I hope my legislation is passed immediately.”

Bills introduced by other Democratic legislators as part of the package are:

This column is the fourth and final one in this
series. Last week's dealt with some of
the overarching problems that need to be worked through as the Resistance
develops and gathers force. This one
presents some specifics on some of the large set of tasks that need to be
undertaken, if this "Repeal and Replace" movement is to be successful.

1. The enemy,
in the current struggle against Trumpite functional
fascism, must be clearly identified.
It is the Trumpite/Repub. party. Indeed,
especially as some of the old-line Repubs. leave the Party, it must be very
firmly tied to Trump. "Trump's base" that
is always being talked about in terms of "Trump must listen to his base" is the
Republican Party base. They are not
separate. They are not different. Any so-called "centrist" or "center-rightist"
Republicans who remain where they are, are Trumpite Enablers, as were the
Center and traditional Right-wing Parties in Nazi Germany.

2. Addressing
Trump himself: the focus must be on his policies and their outcomes, not his
personality, his ignorance, his stupidity (as so-labeled by senior cabinet
members), his sexually-predatorial nature, his personal racism, his eating
habits, his TV-watching habits, and so on and so forth. Those are all part of the "Aura of Trump"
which proves so useful to him and his facilitators, as distractions from what
he is really doing in terms of policy and programs. As to why the economically dominant sector of
the ruling class and their lackeys in the Congress are so satisfied with him,
even though he might not have been their first choice to be President --- in
terms of the primary goals of those in power who did get him elected, tax cuts for
the rich and massive de-regulation in the arenas of the environment (including
global warming), labor, industry, food, agriculture, health, and etc., (or as Steve Bannon calls it, the
"deconstruction of the administrative state"), he has had an outstanding first
year.

3. The adaptation
of the Trump/Repubs. to Religious Authoritarianism, for political purposes , must be recognized and dealt with.
Pence, specifically, is a Dominionist . That must be brought out into
the open. The negative consequences for
both the conventionally religious and the non-religious alike must be revealed
(if I may use that term) and dealt with.
In dealing with matters like abortion- and LGBTQ- rights the battle must
move beyond "fairness," "privacy," and "non-discrimination in the public square"
(all valid arguments to be sure) to the matters of religious dogmatism, religious
authoritarianism, and state-sponsored/protected religion.

It must
be understood, and explained, over and over again, that race and racism are
invented concepts (invented during the early period of European/African Slavery
in order to justify its existence). They
were invented as tools of exploitation of the non-slave working class, and
still are: very much so in
the United States. This must be
explained to the working class, over-and-over again. Oddly enough, it was Bill Clinton, at the
beginning of his first Presidential campaign, who put very well :

"For 12 years, the Republicans have tried to divide
us, race against race' Mr. Clinton said.
'Here in the shadow of this great building, all of us, we know all about race- baiting. They've used that old tool on us for
decades now. And I want to tell you one thing:
I understand that tactic, and I will not let them get away with it in 1992."

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